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10 Best Movies Like Drive a Crooked Road

If you loved Drive a Crooked Road, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Underworld U.S.A.

Underworld U.S.A.

1961★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Drive a Crooked Road for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father....

#2
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Drive a Crooked Road for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob....

#3
Quicksand

Quicksand

1950★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Drive a Crooked Road for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, b...

#4
Nightfall

Nightfall

1956★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Drive a Crooked Road for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit....

#5
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Drive a Crooked Road for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another cri...

#6
The Sound of Fury

The Sound of Fury

1950★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Drive a Crooked Road for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal....

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